Andy Thorn all fired up

Coventry boss Thorn is furious at suggestions his players will just roll over and gift Southampton a place in the Premier League

Coventry boss Thorn is furious at suggestions his players will just roll over and gift Southampton a place in the Premier League.

And that has fired up his entire squad to go into the third tier of the game for the first time in 49 years by wrecking Saints’ promotion party.

“On a professional front we owe it to West Ham to put in a perform-ance,” said Thorn. “We are fired up

to put some pride back in the shirt. We will stand up for ourselves. We want to go out with a bit of dignity.

“We are fed up with hearing people say, ‘It’s only Coventry’ and dismiss- ing us. It has got on my nerves.

“If they think we are going to go there and lie down, that is not going to be the case. If people think we’re just coming along to enjoy the party then they will be wrong. We’re going to give everything, I promise you that. We certainly aren’t on holiday.

“I hate things like that and we’ll let everyone think we’re going to make up the numbers if they want.

“There are a lot of fans going down there who are hurting and we want to give them something back.

“It has been horrible this week and if the players can’t get themselves up for this game, then they need to have a look at themselves.”